The Microsoft Academic Graph (opens in new tab) that powers Microsoft Academic (opens in new tab) is updated on a weekly basis to ensure data coverage and accuracy.
You can always see the current numbers on our homepage, and we document them on this blog once a month.
Here are the numbers for the latest update:
Entity |
March 7 release |
Publications |
171,794,625 |
Authors |
209,560,904 |
Affiliations |
18,720 |
Journals |
47,922 |
Conference series |
4,026 |
Fields of study |
228,538 |
This update also includes significant improvements in our Related Publications feature (opens in new tab).
You can access the Microsoft Academic Graph (opens in new tab) through the Academic Knowledge API (opens in new tab), Azure Data Lake (opens in new tab) (for power users – please contact us if you are interested in this option), or Microsoft Academic. (opens in new tab)
For graph and other updates, please follow Microsoft Academic on Twitter (opens in new tab).
Happy researching!